Ormel (1980): study NL 1970
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ormel, J.
- Title:
- Moeite met Leven of een Moeilijk Leven. (Difficulties with Living or a Difficult Life).
- Source:
- Konstapel, 1980, Groningen, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- 15-60 aged, general public, followed 12 month, The Netherlands, 1967-77
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 296
- Non Response
- 18%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 8 questions:
" In the past few weeks did you ever feel.....?"
A Pleased about having accomplished something
B Upset because someone criticized you
C Proud because someone complimented you one something you had done
D That things are going your way
E So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair
F Unhappy or depressed
G Particularly interested in something
H Lonely and remote from other people
Response options:
0 not at all
1 sometimes
2 often
3 very often
Scoring: a = 0..........d = 3
Summation:
Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on A, C, D, G
Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on B, E, F, H
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale (shortened variant) - Classification:
- A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c
- Author's label:
- Affect balance
- Error estimates:
- T2: _ =.59, T3: _=.63
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 12 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 22.90 6.50
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Level of school-education
Current income level (unspecified)
Earlier rural residence
Earlier community size
Current employment status
Lived alone earlier
Number of mental complaints
Earlier neuroticism
Earlier self-image
Intimacy with spouse
Coping-success rating by others
Conceptions of illness and healing
Interprets symptoms as illness
Use of medical services
Earlier denial of illness
Summed life-events: weighted in context
Effects of individual happiness
Earlier community size
Current anomy
Satisfaction with moral climate
Inner locus of control
Open
Earlier openness
Open
Earlier tendency to agree
Approval seeking
Later mood-pattern
Actual earlier problems (observed by follow-up)
Amount of problems perceived
Later physical health
Number of health complaints
Amount of current support received
Recent happiness (< 1 year ago)